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Ans&Entertainment: page 9 Sports:
A Shayna Maidel
A portrait of Jewish life during the
Holocaust playing at the Bethel
Theatre this weekend..
Men's basketball
Team ends season flying high
page 11 Variety:
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What are you doing
next January?
pages 6 & 7
Wednesday, February 25,1998
NEWSPAPER OF BETHEL COLLEGE
Volume 73 * Number
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'One Voice Week'
A Celebration of Diversity
By Amy Herman
News Editor
"One Voice Week/' a celebration of the different cultures represented on Bethel's
campus, will be celebrated the
last week in February.
"'One Voice Week' recognizes bodt die culture and the
diversity at Bethel," said Vice
President of Multicultural Affairs Katie Estorgio. Bedielhas
129 multicultural students, not
including those students who
have had a study abroad experience. Because of the large
number of people at Bethel
with cross-cultural experiences, Estorgio, along with the
Multicultural Council,
planned an "opportunity to
recognize world cultures" in a
celebration of diversity.
Today's chapel dealt with
reconciliation. Tonight, coordinators from the Twin Cities
Urban Reconciliation Network (T.U.R.N.), Curtis
De Young and Robin Bell, are
sponsoring a reconciliation
"This week allows us to
emphasize the cultures
that the students here
have their cultures in."
John Lee
Festival of Nations
participant
panel comprised of people
with different cross-cultural
experiences. The purpose of
this panel is to answer questions and to discuss major
cross-cultural issues.
Thursday's focus is
"American games that we
grew up with," said Estorgio.
Friday's chapel will be lead by
faculty members that attended the conference "College Ethnicity and Reconciliation" earlier this month in
Mississippi. "One Voice
Week" will end with the
showing of "The Power of
One" in the CLC. This film
deals with the issues of racism
and cross-cultural relationships in South Africa.
This week began with
speaker William Smith lead-
"One Voice Week"
continued on page 2
Swenson reflects before retiring
By Tesha Chris tensen
Staff Writer
Sherm Swenson will retire
from Bethel on May 31, 1998,
but not without some
nostalgia.
"I wouldn't trade
these 11 years," said
Swenson, Bethel's Executive Vice President
for Administration and
Finance.
Swenson's decision
to retire is based on his
desire to spend more
time with his wife, five
children and 11 grandchildren.
"I'm ready to do
something a little bit
less, but not nothing,"
said Swenson. "I don't
think God calls any of us to
retire ministry, helping and
serving." His plan is to fill his
extra time by consulting
groups on leadership issues,
working in Christian book
selling and continuing to serve
on Bethel's Board of Directors.
"It's been a great experi-
Clarion/ Photo by Sarah Rust
ence working for him," said
Lois Jacobson, his secretary for
the past four and one-half
years. Among her various duties, she has taped all his
speeches extolling servant
leadership, integrity, time
management and striving for excellence. "I'll
never forget him,"
Jacobson said.
John Bergeson, Chief
Financial Advisor, described him as a dedicated, organized man
who follows through
on everything.
"He is forgiving. He
^ has high standards, but
I when something didn't
meet the standard he
didn't spend time worrying about that,"
Bergeson said. "He
moved on to the next
thing.''
Swenson retires
continued on page 2
Flu virus infects campus during February
By Amy Herman
News Editor
The flu virus plagued Bethel
College this February.
Director of Health Services
Jane Larson reported that cases is that many members of
more flu cases than usual have
been diagnosed by the clinic
this month.
Larson said one possible
reason for the influx of flu
the Bethel community did not
receive the flu shot last fall.
Flu
continued on page 2
Asian New Year
Clarion/ Photo by Matt Lang
Julie Troung performs a Chinese fan dance at
the Asian New Year Celebration held at Salem
Baptist Church on Feb. 21. The Bethel
sponsored festival celebrated the diversity,
cultural heritages and Christian faith the Asian
Christian culture shares.
Expansion brings glimmer
in Bethel Seminary's future
By Amy Herman
News Editor
Bethel Seminary is budding
a bridge to a "seminary without walls."
The bridge is a multistep
"membership" merger, and
"the seminary without walls"
is The Seminary of the East
(tied with the Association of
Conservative Baptist
Churches). The final vote regarding this merger will take
place on March 26.
Having no buildings of its
own, the Seminary of the East's
classrooms are located in three
separate churches in
Wouchester, Mass.; Dresser, Pa.
and Manhattan, N.Y., with an
additional teaching site in Baltimore, Md. Six faculty members travel between the
churches and the teaching
sites. The current enrollment is
approximately 100 students.
The Seminary of the East
contacted Bethel Seminary one
and one-half years ago to discuss a possible merger between die two facilities. After
suffering severe financial
losses as a result of their relationship with The New Era
Philanthropy Organization,
The Seminary of the East
needed to combine with another institution to survive.
Bethel Seminary accepted
their offer.
The Seminary of the East
contacted 14 other institutions
prior to Bethel, but all 14 institutions denied their offer of a
Seminary Expansion
continued on page 3

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Ans&Entertainment: page 9 Sports:
A Shayna Maidel
A portrait of Jewish life during the
Holocaust playing at the Bethel
Theatre this weekend..
Men's basketball
Team ends season flying high
page 11 Variety:
lnterir$